Austrian Dominik Landertinger finished in second, with a time of 24:34.8.

Bronze

Jaroslav Soukup of the Czech Republic finished 5.7 seconds off the lead, at 24:39.2, good enough for third place.

Worth noting

Russian Anton Shipulin made a furious charge late, but finished just outside of medal placement, 0.7 seconds outside of a tie for third place. Martin Foucade of France was the Olympic champion in the event in 2010, but finished in sixth place (24:45.9).

Tim Burke was the top finisher for the United States, coming in at 19th (25:23.3).